Texts 51-52] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 107

TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the brahmana’s invitation, know-
ing him to be a devotee, and, slightly smiling, spoke as follows to Ramananda
Raya.
PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the invitation of the Vaisnava brahmana.
Even though one is a brahmana strictly following all the rules and regulations of
brahminical culture, if he is not a devotee, a follower of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
one should not accept his invitation. At the present moment, people have be-
come so degraded that they do not even follow the Vedic principles, to say
nothing of Vaisnava principles. They eat anything and everything —whatever they
like —and therefore the members of this Krsna consciousness movement should
be very cautious about accepting invitations.

TEXT 50
CONT FOX SHFA] GHATS VA Fai
Borate HS Aa COMA FAA Ni co I

tomara mukhe krsna-katha sunite haya mana
punarapi pai yena tomara darasana

SYNONYMS
tomara mukhe—in your mouth; krsna-katha—talks on Krsna; sunite—to hear;
haya—there is; mana—My mind; punarapi—again; pai—l may get; yena—if
possible; tomara—your; darasana—interview.

TRANSLATION

“| wish to hear from you about Lord Krsna. Indeed, My mind is inclined to
desire this; therefore | wish to see you again.”

TEXTS 51-52

AT SCR BVA ale ohaa catfacs |
wefrrica GH ATE cata GP foe Nest
fea Ao-nIs ale’ sae Tea |

SCI VG SH CHA CS BW HA | c2

raya kahe, —a4ila yadi pamara sodhite
darsana-matre suddha nahe mora dusta citte
